Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SHUPE, ELIZABETH A

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1643 1644

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.3%
Allow Rate
+3.3% vs TC avg
117
Total Applications
+49.1%
Interview Lift
1318
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 60 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
10.6%
§102 Novelty
33.5%
§103 Obviousness
16.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18257444 ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC FOR QSOX1 AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
18464580 ANTI-KLK7 ANTIBODIES, ANTI-KLK5 ANTIBODIES, MULTISPECIFIC ANTI-KLK5/KLK7 ANTIBODIES, AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
17627085 ANTIBODIES AGAINST HUMAN TREM-1 AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
17286203 Combination Therapy for Melanoma Non-Final OA Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
18308899 NOVEL CELLULAR RECEPTORS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
18261414 CD27-EXTRACELLULAR DOMAIN CAR TO TARGET CD70-POSITIVE TUMORS Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18175049 ALLOGENEIC THERAPEUTIC CELLS Non-Final OA Kite Pharma, Inc.
18167438 METHODS OF SENSITIZING CANCER TO IMMUNOTHERAPY Non-Final OA CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
17631830 T CELL RECEPTORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection University Health Network
18451576 Probiotic-Guided CAR-T Cells for Tumor Targeting Non-Final OA The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
17291959 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR MEMORY-LIKE (CARML) NK CELLS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME Non-Final OA Washington University
17050231 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM Non-Final OA University of Virginia Patent Foundation
17614786 IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection Telethon Kids Institute
17178595 ANTI-HER2 POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Denali Therapeutics Inc.
18698856 ACE2-Targeted Compositions and Methods for Treating COVID-19 Non-Final OA Maddon Advisors LLC
17499012 ACE2-Targeted Compositions and Methods for Treating COVID-19 Final Rejection Maddon Advisors LLC
17634968 NOVEL LOX-1 ANTIBODY COMPOSITIONS, LOX1 NEUTRALIZATION ASSAY AND METHODS OF TREATMENT USING SAME Non-Final OA The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology
17921042 TREATMENT OF CANCERS WITH AN ANTIBODY THAT BINDS LGR5 AND EGFR Final Rejection Merus N.V.
17263675 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CD3-POSITIVE CELL Non-Final OA Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
18266125 ANTI-EGFR NANOBODY AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SIMCERE ZAIMING PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18271883 IMPROVED ADOPTIVE CELL TRANSFER THERAPY FOR CANCER Non-Final OA Hadasit Medical Research Services and Development Ltd.
17636373 NOVEL ANTI-CLDN18.2 ANTIBODIES Non-Final OA TRANSCENTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
17606523 COMBINATION OF HER2 ANTIBODIES Final Rejection MAB DISCOVERY GMBH
17042855 VISTA ANTIGEN-BINDING MOLECULES Non-Final OA Hummingbird Bioscience Holdings Pte. Ltd.

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